Tom studied furniture and product design at Nottingham Trent before starting his career as an industrial designer in Hong Kong, creating toys for several UK brands including the Early Learning Centre. He has since worked for a number of prominent design consultancies in London, most notably in the fields of contract furniture and airline interiors, with clients such as Herman Miller and British Airways.

Currently he designs bespoke furniture through his own brand from a studio near Cambridge, employing a combination of traditional carpentry skills with a more contemporary, software-driven approach.